TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Eating-place near Stuart,
perhaps (10)
8 Be concerned about
starter of vanilla slice (5) 9 Edward, after short march, had been given a lower rank (7)
10 Cleverly employ right
synthetic substance (7) 11 Wait with daughter and
partner (5)
12 Removed date in tummy
tardily (9)
15 I sort out threesomes (5) 17 Sewing tools pointless,
mostly (7)
19 Man, at one, given Indian
food (7)
20 Follow two directions to
take to court (5) 21 Today Roger’s awfully
insulting (10)
DOWN
2 Join up in forlorn
expectation (5) 3 Sprawling hamlet surrounding river gets warm air current (7) 4 Grasping the meaning of
lower position (13) 5 Dream about bearing
guns (5) 6 Entirely agree to going
back inside (7)
7 Some tried gymnastics,
nervous (4)
8 Deal with policeman, last
in line (4)
12 Pirate kit carried by
players (7)
13 Lowest form of river
vermin (7)
14 One’s surrounded by water
in Paisley (4)
15 Diplomacy is initially taken
as Colin’s territory (4) 16 One grasped by celebrity in
flight (5)
18 A failure in failed roles (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Eating-place (10) 8 Sculpt in wood (5) 9 Downgraded (7) 10 Long chain of
molecules (7) 11 Loiter (5)
12 In a tardy fashion (9) 15 Sets of threes (5) 17 Sewing tools (7) 19 Indian bread (7) 20 Happen next (5) 21 Disparaging (10)
DOWN
2 Join up (5)
3 Rising air current (7) 4 Comprehending (13) 5 Having a weapon (5) 6 Entirely (7)
7 Nervous (4)
8 Deal with (4) 12 Pirate (7) 13 Furthest down (7) 14 Area of land in water (4) 15 Diplomacy (4)
16 Step (5)
18 Sporting failure (5)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Possess; 8 Learned; 9 Inertia; 10 Right (Rite); 11 Notoriety; 14 R(h)otter; 15 Stain; 16 Seethe; 20 Eradicate; 23 Repel; 24 Emanate; 25 Booze-up; 26 Toenail.
Down: 1 Pliant; 2 Sweets; 3 Enter; 4 Slave; 5 Carry on; 6 Knight (Night); 7 Editor; 12 (W)inter; 13 Tried; 15 Shelter; 16 Strobe; 17 Employ; 18 Havana; 19 Repeal; 21 Adept; 22 (P)irate.